[AccessD] Jet version sql error

Folks,

The basic question is do different versions of Jet require a different sql
syntax.

Background.  We have a product developed as an Access 2002 runtime that is
packaged using the Sagekey scripts for Wise.  I am testing the distributable
on different machine configurations, e.g., different versions of Windows,
with/without different versions of Office installed, etc.  All was going
well WindowsXP, Windows Vista, until I tested the app on a clean (no Office,
fresh install of windows) Windows 98 machine.  When I open the program to a
screen that opens a recordset based on an sql statement I get an Error 3075.
The offending line contains (fldCountry = 'United States'), this is what is
in the error message.

The code that throws the error is as follows:

sSQL = "Select * From tblUserFormat Where fldCountry = '" & sCountrySettings
& "'"
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(sSQL, dbOpenForwardOnly)

When I get the error sCountrySettings is = 'Unites States', but I am pretty
sure it would throw the error with any string value.

As I said this runs well when our installation is run in Windows 2000 or
later. The only difference between the newwer and earlier windows
installation is the version of Jet that installer puts on the computer.  The
older one is Jet 4 SP 8 for windows 98, 16 bit I assume.  The later versions
use another version of Jet 4 SP 8.

Any idea why we see the error on Windows 98 machines and not others?

Doug